Two-wheeled vehicle



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L. S. CLARK.

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No.v 330,468. Patented Nov. 17, v1,885.

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LEVI S. CLARK, OF DOYLES'IOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, yORRIN G. FRANKS, AND GEORGE T. BAUGHMAN, ALL OE SAME PLACE, AND JOHN H. WARREN, OF LODI, OHIO.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

:SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,468, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed September 11, 18E-i. Serial No. 142,793. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI S. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Doylestown, in the county of Vayne and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-lVheeled Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to 1o which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to two-wheeled vehicles or sulkies, and has special relation to an improved spring-reach coupling between the axle and body.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved vehicle of this class which will possess advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensveness, durability, and general efficiency, and which will effectually obviate 2o strain upon the springs, substantially as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a vehicle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a rear view ofthe same.

Fig. 3 is a detail side View showing the thills connected to the side bars of the frame. Fig. 4 is a corresponding View showing the thills connected directly to the body of the vehicle, and illustrating a modification in the spring- 3o reach. Fig. 5 is a detail longitudinal sectional view.

Corresponding parts in the figures are denoted by the same letters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the axle of the vehicle, which carries the wheels B B, and upon which is mounted the body C. In the frame D of the vehicle are comprised side bars, d d, having their rear ends connected With or secured over the axle. rIhe springs 4o which support the body are secured upon thev ively, to the side bars and to the body, a free and easy action is secured. 5o

Upon the axle A, near the inner side of the side bars, are secured clips G G, having arms or extensions g g depending from the under side of the axle. Between these extensions are pivoted the rear ends, h, of the springreach couplings between the axle and body. A reach is provided for each side of the body, and they are formed by curved spring-plates having their rear ends pivotally connected to the clips upon the axle, from which the reach is bowed downwardly under the axle, as shown at f2, and is then bowed upwardly and forwardly, as illustrated at f3, its front endbeing secured to the bottom of the body by bolts I I, or in any other suitable manner. 6 5

The thills J J are pivotally connected at the front ends of the side bars, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the spring-plates H H act as a support for the body, always retaining it in horizontal position, and also perform 7o the office of an equalizer for the body and springs. When the thills are connected directly to the body, as seen in Fig. 4, the springplates perform the oiice of a reach and take the draft off the springs, so that all liability ot' 75 breakage or damage to the springs is obviated.

A modification in the reach is also illustrated in Fig. 4, in which the spring-plates H are jointed to the body at their front ends, f4, in lieu of being secured rigidly to the body by 8o means of bolts or the like. In this arrangementit will be observed that the curved springplates have a knuckle-joint connection with both the under side of the axle and the body.

The operation and advantages of my inven- 8 5 tion will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. It is simple and inexpensive in construction, and the improved arrangement of the curved springreach secures a free and easy action and equali- 9o zation, independent ofthe construction or form of springs. i

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts herein illustrated, as it is manifest that modifications in the form of springs v and other parts may be resorted to without 2. As an improvement in two-wheeled vehicles, the combination of the axle having clips secured near its ends, the body, and the springs supporting the same, and the curved springplates jointed at their rear end to the clips and curved forwardly, the front end of these reach-plates being secured to the under side of the body, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the axle having the clips secured near its ends and provided with the extensions at the under side of the axle, the body, the two-part semi-elliptical springs supporting the body, and having their sections respectively secured to the side bars and to the body, and connected at their ends by pivoted links, and the curved spring-reach plates having their rear ends pivoted between the extensions of the clips and secured at their front ends to the under side of the body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI S. CLARK.

Vitnesses:

WV. C. LYON, W. R. PORTER. 

